Train to Another World

Under Old Pierre's nervous gaze, Li Zhuoguang took out two pears from somewhere and handed them to the little girl: "Please eat the pears."

The little girl was stunned when she looked at the two huge yellow fruits in front of her. Although they were fruits she had never seen before, they were indeed fruits. Because they were so close, she could even smell the sweet fragrance.

When Li Zhuoguang saw that the little girl didn't make a move, he thought she might be a little shy. He stretched out his hand and pushed the pear into her arms. Immediately, Li Zhuoguang turned around and returned to his seat.

It would take some time for Li Zhuoguang to eat one Qiuyue pear by himself. The little girl got two, which should be enough to stop her mouth.

Old Pierre watched his daughter run away happily with two unknown fruits in her arms, with complicated eyes for a moment. But he didn't let him ponder for long before he heard Li Zhuoguang clear his throat: "We can help with this matter of support, and we can even take action within a certain range, but it won't be in vain.

We need you to provide us with the information we need. If you don't have the relevant information here, then you will be responsible for searching for it for us. Can you accept this condition? "

Old Pierre forced himself to concentrate and weighed Li Zhuoguang's conditions. After thinking for a while, he confirmed that this condition was an advantage on his side. His expression suddenly became more complicated and he absentmindedly agreed to Li Zhuoguang's request.

Now that the conditions have been negotiated, Li Zhuoguang and the others left the City Lord's Mansion.

On the way back to the hotel, Li Zhuoguang remembered Old Pierre's weird behavior at the banquet and asked Ariana: "Then Old Pierre's face doesn't look right. Did we hit him too hard?"

"Maybe, but he is not too young among humans, and he has been the city lord for so long, so he should not be hit so easily." Ariana thought for a while, then continued: "By the way "You just gave fruit to Virginie, who is Pierre's little daughter. You shouldn't have given it to two."

"Uh, I'm sorry. In my house, gifts are usually given to even numbers, so I subconsciously gave two. What do you think about giving two fruits here?"

"Giving any pair of fruits to the opposite sex usually means a proposal, and it is the highest-level proposal. If you are a noble, you will give more pairs of fruits.

When ordinary civilians propose marriage, they usually only need two pieces of dried meat. "Then, Ariana laughed again: "Hahahaha, but that little girl is still very young. She is only about a hundred years old when converted to the age of the elves. They should understand it as a gift from their elders. right. "

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At this time, the main palace of Haichao City

Virginie held two Qiuyue pears and happily ran around the city lord's mansion twice with her short legs, and then ran to the women's bedroom. Arriving at the door, she twisted around and pushed the door open with her butt, then ducked into the room.

He raised the Qiuyue pear in his hand high towards the two sisters who were resting: "Eldest sister and second sister, I'm getting married! My fiancé's skin is so white! There are so many fruits!"

Old Pierre, who had followed him, stood at the door. Hearing the exclamations coming from inside, he opened his mouth several times, but nothing came out.

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Li Zhuoguang's eyebrows knitted together after hearing Ariana's popular science. He was not as optimistic as Ariana. He had an ominous premonition.

Hey, wait a minute, when we first met, was the fruit he gave Ariana an odd number or an even number? The opponent didn't seem to have any special performance at that time, so it must be an odd number.

"An apple."

"ah?"

"I said you don't need to remember anymore. When you first met me, you gave me an apple."

"How do you know I'm remembering?"

"Ah hahaha, you should see your expression just now. I had a rock rat when I was a child. Every time I secretly took away part of its stored food, its expression when counting the food was exactly the same as yours now. ”

Upon hearing this, Li Zhuoguang corrected his expression back to a dead fish face.

Back at the hotel, Ariana lay stretched out on the blanket, rubbing her belly with both hands: "Oh, I miscalculated, I was too full."

Xiong Facai took out a glass, threw in four or five small sour fruits to help digestion, poured boiling water into it and handed it to Ariana: "You shouldn't eat so much fruit before going to the banquet."

Ariana sat up and took the water glass. Suddenly she remembered something and turned to ask everyone: "Have you packed the uneaten food before we leave?"

Li Zhuoguang said in surprise: "If you are going out to eat by yourself, it is normal to pack. But how can I pack for this kind of meeting? I know you cherish food, but some food cannot be saved."

Ariana took a sip of the sour fruit tea and explained: "If during the banquet, one party brings too much food, and there is a lot left after the banquet, and that party does not pack away the remaining food.

This behavior is called "boasting one's wealth", which literally means boasting about one's wealth. A further extension is to show one's own strength and recruit the other party.

If the other party agrees to solicit, he will eat up the food left by the other party, which means, 'if I eat what you rewarded, I will be yours.' If the other party does not agree, the food will be packed and sent back the next morning. "

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At this time, the main palace of Haichao City

Old Pierre was sitting in his study room, carefully searching the ancient books left by his ancestors on the bookshelf: "A Brief History of the Empire", "Elf in the Storm", "Court Etiquette", "The Vibrant Barbarian Maid" ..."Encyclopedia of Customs", ha, found it, "Encyclopedia of Customs".

Old Pierre took out the dusty ancient book from the bookshelf, put it on the table and began to rummage through it.

When Li Zhuoguang left and Old Pierre faced a table of leftovers, his mood was complicated. Although Haichao City is only a medium-sized city with mediocre military strength, Haichao City has a commercial street that is well-known far and wide.

Even those water merchants who have their eyes high are willing to open a water store on the commercial street. The nearby wealthy merchants and nobles would come to Haichao City to purchase water as long as they needed water, whether for sacrifices or banquets.

Although Old Peel was unable to levy commercial taxes on water shops, he even exempted them from rent. However, the number of customers and wealth that a water shop brings to a city is very considerable.

Old Pierre encountered solicitations more than once, even from big nobles, but he was never moved. After all, Tide City was built brick by brick by the Steven family before the disaster came. How could it be arbitrarily included in other forces?

But, this time is different...

Old Pierre looked at the bottle of pure liquid placed on the desk, and there was still a little bit at the bottom of the bottle. This was brought by a nobleman named William. Old Pierre thought it was pure water at first.

After Li Zhuoguang left, he wanted to drink a little bit. Although rejecting the other party's "praise of wealth" meant returning the things as they were, Old Pierre had not seen such clean water for so long that he couldn't help it.

But when he opened the lid and before he even drank the water, the pungent smell told him that this was definitely not pure water. Such a pungent smell is worse than sewage. Because the smell was too pungent, Old Pierre couldn't accept it, so he put it back in its place.

However, the liquid in the bottle was indeed very pure to the naked eye, and coupled with the abundance of food brought by their group, it was impossible to bring a bottle of sewage to the banquet, which puzzled Old Pierre.

Suddenly, a trace of childhood memory flashed through Old Pierre's mind. That was when his father was still alive, putting him on his knees as a child and holding ancient books to tell him about the world before the disaster.

An outrageous suspicion emerged in Old Pierre's mind, so he immediately returned to the living room, picked up the bottle of liquid, walked quickly into the study, and began to read ancient books.

"Found it!" Halfway through the "Encyclopedia of Customs" in his hand, he finally found the record deep in his memory. According to the records in the book, Old Pierre took out a small cup and carefully poured out some of the bottle of liquid.

Putting the cup to his lips, resisting the pungent smell, he stuck out his tongue and licked it. Old Pierre's face suddenly wrinkled like a chrysanthemum. Then he looked at the record in the book and said, "It doesn't taste good either?"

Old Pierre hesitated for a moment, then picked up the oil lamp on the table, took away the lampshade, and slowly approached the cup. Suddenly, the liquid in the cup ignited, and blue flames floated on the surface of the liquid.

Seeing the same characteristics as those recorded in ancient books, Old Pierre's eyes widened: "Is it really distilled alcohol?! Oh my god! How much food does this require?! How much water?!"